Camborne, Wellington Map

About Camborne, Wellington

Camborne is a locality in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It has a population of approximately 2,040. It sits at an elevation of around 50 m above sea level. It lies approximately 23 km north-northeast of Wellington, the regional capital. Camborne is located at 41.0883°S, 174.8702°E. It observes New Zealand Time (NZST/NZDT). Statistics New Zealand classifies the area as a small urban area.

Camborne rests on a gentle incline, its houses spilling down towards the distant shimmer of Ivey Bay, a mere kilometre away. It lies 5.3 km north-north-east of Porirua (from Porirua: bearing 19°T), and is situated 14.8 km north-north-west of Lower Hutt. The landscape here is a tapestry of rolling farmland, punctuated by the deep green of native bush that clings to the slopes. The air, even inland, carries a faint, briny tang from the nearby sea, a constant reminder of the coast's proximity. Sunlight, often softened by a veil of high cloud, bathes the land in a diffused glow, highlighting the subtle contours of the terrain and casting long, languid shadows as the day wears on.

The history of Camborne is intrinsically linked to the early European settlement of the region, its fortunes shaped by the fertile land and its connection to the sea. While agriculture, particularly dairy farming, has long been a cornerstone of its economy, the proximity to the coast has also fostered a fishing heritage, with boats often visible as specks on the waters of Ivey Bay. Over time, Camborne has evolved, its quiet character retaining a sense of its past while embracing the present. The nearby Colonial Knob Walkway offers a chance to explore the natural beauty that surrounds Camborne, a peaceful counterpoint to the gentle hum of daily life.

About This Camborne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Camborne, Wellington, New Zealand at coordinates -41.08827, 174.8702. Use the Map and Satellite buttons to switch views, the plus and minus buttons to zoom, and Fullscreen to fill the screen.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map with four things the embedded map cannot do. It searches OpenStreetMap for any New Zealand town, suburb or landmark by name. It offers LINZ topographic maps as a base layer — the official Topo250 and Topo50 sheets, switching scale automatically as you zoom, and the standard reference for tramping, hunting and back-country travel. It offers LINZ aerial imagery down to 5cm resolution in urban areas. And it can take a single GPS fix from your device and report your position as both an NZTM2000 grid reference and plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what New Zealand search and rescue services work from. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map itself cannot load.

My Location & Navigate starts the vector-tile navigator: live turn-by-turn driving directions from your current position to any destination, with spoken guidance, lane hints and automatic re-routing.

Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time New Zealand and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorial description provides background on Camborne.

Camborne sits within the Wellington Region. Location data is drawn from the GeoNames geographical database and verified by coordinates, ensuring the correct Camborne is identified even where the name is shared across multiple New Zealand localities.